NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed all states and Union Territories to ensure payment of compensation to family members of COVID-19 victims without wasting any time.A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna said any claimant hasving grievance with respect to the non-payment of compensation and/or rejection of their claim, they may approach the grievance redressal committee concerned.
A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna said that if any claimant has grievance with respect to the non-payment of compensation and/or rejection of their claim then they may approach the grievance redressal committee concerned.
It also directed the grievance redressal committee to decide the application of the claimant within four weeks.
Disapproving the alleging transfer of funds by the Andhra Pradesh government from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to personal deposit accounts, the bench directed the funds be transferred to the SDRF account within two days. The Court had restrained the state government in the last hearing from diverting funds from the SDRF.
“We close the proceedings while directing all the states to see that the compensation payable under our earlier order be made to eligible persons without wasting any time and if any claimant has any grievance they may approach the concerned grievance redressal committee,” the bench said.
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